Watch-chain fastener



Patented Mar. 24, 1925.

UN-lIED en me PATENT ormes.

npplicaciqn ;fi1ed September 22,. 1823. S.erial No. 664,322.

T aZZ 107mm et mayroncern:

B e it knofivn that I GEORGE SZIEGLER, a citizen of the United States, and.a resident of Cinci nnati, in the connty 0f Hamilton and State of' Ohio, have inventedcertain new and nsefnl Iinprovements inVVatch- Chain Fast eners, of Wh ich the foll0Wing is a full,}clear, and exactdescription, referencebeing ;had to,the aocompanying drawing, rm n .p r Qfthis ,sp n

My invention relates to 'devices employed ior seeuring wa tch chains to the Wearer, .in sncha way th at they annotbe removed.

In my United States Patent NO. 1,457,716, dated June 5, 1923, I have s hown and described a device whereby the cross bar of a atch cl1ain is heldubetween two transverse armsagainst a suitableplace, over Which the arme are elevated. In this patent I also show and describe a method of securing such a device to the waist band of tronsers, and to garment supporting belts and the like.

It is my object in the present invention to provide for a slider tobe used on gar ment snpporting'belts, in which the structure of my former application is simplified withoutessential sacrifice cf unctions, rendering the device a better manufacturing proposition and also making its apparance neater and usemore .corivenient.

I accomplish these objecte by that certain construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more spcifially pointed out and clainned.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view: of one .rm of the device shQwingjthe -iront there- 0'.

Figure 2 is a"like view of the deyice of Figure 1 showing the rear VieW.

Fignre3 is a plan ;view of the preferred and simpler for1n' of*the device.

Figure 4 is a side elevation of the device of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a rear elevation of the device of Figure 3.

Figure 6 is a perspective view showing the preferred form of device used with a watch chain cross bar.

Figure 7 is a like view showing the method of holding in a watch chain on Which no terminal button or bar is used.

Figure 8 is a like VieW showing the device used with a watnh chain having a terfor lap el -nse.

The essential feature of my --inventmn reminal *button, such as is usually designed lates t;o the'provision ofztrneans for holdmg fast the watch cham-ormens W6l,

when the Watcl1 is located in -the -trousers pocket, and the weareriS using -abelt, and no w *est.

It has been a problem to protect the watch 'in the summer timeagainstalling ont, and 'being p,nrposely rerhoved sbyfi;thieves and pickPobkets, and my invention is believed ,to solve this problem in a very--convenient and inexpensive -manner.

In Iny present dev1ce theurhole 1nember -1s formed as aslrder foi ga-1 naentsnp13ortmg belts, and is intended -to be remoVd f -rom thebelt when thewatch is-re1noed,as upon changing trousers, -retiringfiior -tlienightetc.

The device is thusojrr ned witli aback l,wlncl1 maybe of any des red shape, the oval rang, shaped structure-*bemg Convenient of manufacture and having neatness o f appearance.- From the back there-are two looped arms 2, '2, WhlCh ormthe ends of the slider; I have showrptwo formsof former invention, there 'are two elevated plate i sbf oyal ring shape. "The cross bar of a watch oha1n 1s in th1s dev1oe -thrust in ;between the two arme; and can lie manipulated*because the oVal ring shapedstruc tare per1n1ts o;fits*bemg twrsted around 'beliin'd the jarms; The -bar is thus *twisted about. loehind the 5 arins, -and thrust into a position :SOLl1L the"tWo ends of the cross 3bar li e oi er .thej ing "shaped portion 4,; and

the chain "extends o1itbetweenfl1e=two arme. The slider when so equipped is set over the end of a garment supporting belt, and slid along until it is in the desired position. The belt itself in this construction does not act as a limiting means or backing means, that contribntes to the engagement of the cross bar.

I find, however, tharl where used as a slider the front plate or ring portion 4 can be done away with. Thus in the preferred form the slider ack and the two looped arme may be the me, but the looped arme themselves are connected by the two arched arms 3, 3. As construoted the garment belt acts as the backing means which holds the watch ohain bar, chain button or the chain of itself in a position against becoming dislodged.

Referring to Figure 6, I show a watch chain 10, having a cross bar 11. In use the slider is removed from the belt, and the watch chain bar thrust through the space 'between the two ar1ns, being freed for movement by the ring shape of the back of the slider. The wearer thon twists the bar about to a position (shown) where the center of the bar is beneath the shape betWeen the two ar1ns. The slider is then placed over the belt and moved to desired position.

Vhen in this position the chain bar can not be dislodged without taking off the slider, as it is necessary to tip the bar to get its and to pass through the space between the two arms. The belt prevents this tipping.

In Figure 8' I show the chain 10 as hav ing a button 12 thereon. The nsual button Will be slightly larger across than the arched portion of the arms. The wearer removes the slider from his belt, and passes the watch chain in through the back of the device, and out between the two arme, leaving the but ton in the space between the back of the slider and the arms. The slider may then be placed on the boit as before and the button cannot be drawn out between the two arms. The size of the button is not a regular thing, but it may be observed that the belt serving as a backing for the button will not be unduly crowded by a button,

or a cross bar, due to the proper arrange ment of the front of the slider. In the front plate form of Figures 1 and 2 should the button be too large to lie flush with the back of the front plate of' the slider, then the structure that was a good, snug fit when used with a cross bar would be too tight when used with a button.

VVhere the user has neither a button nor a cross bar, but has a watch at one end of his chain and sonne sort of a charm at the other, then the device in the preferred form which is a good fit when used with cross bar and button Will still be effective in retaining the chain. In this form (Figure 7) the chain is detached from the charms or the watch as the case may be, and is passed through the slider beneath the two cross arms. The watch or charms are then fastened on again, and disposed of in the pockets of the trousers as desired. The thickness of the charms Will prevent the chain from being pulled out from the slider when same is on the belt, even though the charms be small enough to pass through the slider when separated. The usual chain Will be held snugly enough against the belt in a properly fitting slider, so that it Will not slide one way or the other therein when in use. Even Were the charms removed from the chain, and the mere swivel 14 used, still this swivel Would be too large to pull lengthwise through the slider when on the belt. This is illustrated in Figure 7.

IIaving chus described my invention, what I daim as neW and desire to secure loy Letters Patent, is:

1. A slider for garment supporting; belts having on its front face a pair of elevated, spaced arms for1ned integrally with the back and so elevated that when the slider is on a belt, a portion of the usual watch retaining memb'er Will lie beneath the arms, and against the belt, said slider being formed with a back which is open at the middle whereby a watch bar, button or the like can be thrust through between the arms, without interference by the back.

2. In a device of the character desoribed llaYlllg a back ends and a front disposed integrally theroon and formed so as to slide over a belt, the front comprising a pair of spaced arms, said arms being so elevated from the belt, and the front so formed that a portion of a watch supporting member can lie against the belt beneath the arms, and the chain portion of such member can pass ont between the two arms, the back of said inember being providd With an aperture of sufficient size to permit the insertion through the arms from the front of a watch chain cross bar, without interference by the back.

' GEORGE STIEGLER. 

